Boise 70.3

can anyone say cold water?

OMG ..

Ok i'm getting ahead of myself again.

So Kate and i are living in Boise... getting back into routine after having traveled the world and after " being tourist for a week or two in the USA.... while it's been LOADS of fun... it's really not the best pre race medicine...
I hear if you swim, bike and run before a race... you go better than when you go site seeing.... " but maybe thats all rumours....

The pre race week there were a few disruptions.... nothing that couldn't be sorted out.... just things like " see pic below"




Ok so onto the race and back to where i started.. COLD water!!! 53 degrees F and 11.6 degrees C....
Usually i swim ok, but not this day.. i was cold ... about 300 meters into the swim .. i thought.... " damn it's so cold i can't even close my mouth" All and all the swim was ok.. i came out in the lead pack with only two guys in front....

Out onto the bike and it was all go with Ben Hoffman taking to the front and hitting it hard.. I held on for about 10 miles but then my legs just couldnt keep up with the pace and i had to settle into my own rythum .... Both Paul Ambrose and i stayed in touch to the few other up the road all the way to T2.

heading out onto the run, i was feeling it , but thought if i had a great run i could get 5th and then get paid.. my run has been going good and while i felt good on the run it wasn't where it needed to be and i i ended up 8th with a time of 4:02:34...
All and all an ok day... However I've come to want more from myself .. but these things take time...
I'm happy to be in the USA and have my first race done...

thanks for all the messages and support...
Sorry i dont have any race pictures yet.. they will come..


here are a few pic's


This is Brian Roddy,( ROLF PRIMA ) Kate and i at the coolest store in town " TRITOWN" .. If your bike needs some love .. go see Antonio he is the man.. your bike will love you ,and you'll love your bike again.




Here are some pic's of Kate and i doing a long-ish run at 6800 Feet...
we rode up a 25k climb then hit a run... it was so cold that there was still some snow out on the roads...
Very Beautiful and very cool....






Big thanks to K-Swiss, Ceepo, Rolf Prima, blueseventy, nuun

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